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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
funny
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Read for my history class.
This was a fun story of imposters and women reclaiming their agency. I wasn't too intrigued by it, though.
This was a fun story of imposters and women reclaiming their agency. I wasn't too intrigued by it, though.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
I love this book. I don't get to teach it often because when am I ever teaching Early mod Europe? Never. But I got to teach it with my first-years this semester as an example of a microhostory (to endeavor to model their own papers on) and it is engaging and interesting and sassy and I LOVE IT. The students like or love it too, so it's a win win! Poor Pansette.
Really enjoyed reading this book and discussing it in class.
fun little monograph about a strange case in 16th century france. a man named martin guerre disappears, leaving behind his wife and child. eight years later, he returns and lives with his wife and child again -- until the real martin guerre shows up and accuses the impostor. even guerre's family and friends were divided on which man was the real martin guerre. the case took place at a time of political and religious upheaval for france, and was written about by commentators.
I read this for my studies, which means I unfortunately had to hurry through it, but I still enjoyed reading it. I like microhistory and Natalie Zemon Davis is both an excellent writer and an excellent historian.
There are always gaps in the source material, but Davis makes her best to fill those gaps by interpreting the source and by making some well-educated guesses. However, she tells that these are her guesses on what might have happened and makes an effort to separate the information from the source material from her own interpretations.
I think her idea of studying a curiosity to find out something about the norms of the society is also faschinating.
And the story itself is indeed quite extraordinary. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in history. It is easy to read and the story is an interesting curiosity, that still tells us a lot about the life of people in 16th century France.
There are always gaps in the source material, but Davis makes her best to fill those gaps by interpreting the source and by making some well-educated guesses. However, she tells that these are her guesses on what might have happened and makes an effort to separate the information from the source material from her own interpretations.
I think her idea of studying a curiosity to find out something about the norms of the society is also faschinating.
And the story itself is indeed quite extraordinary. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in history. It is easy to read and the story is an interesting curiosity, that still tells us a lot about the life of people in 16th century France.
Definitely not the worst book I've had to read for school; an interesting story and fantastic concept.
The story of this classic microhistory is fascinating, but I don't feel I got a ton of insight into 16th-century life. I did, however, appreciate this observation which I think still holds true today: "The possibility of an honourable woman [i.e., Guerre's wife] disposing of her body as she pleases is much more disturbing than the self-fashioning of [the fake Martin Guerre]."